New World
2013
· Movie
· 134 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1473
- IMDb #1167
- Metacritic #1690
- Letterboxd #992
- Metacritic Audience #369
- Kinopoisk #1376
Every rating
58–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 58, highest is Metacritic users on 82. Critics average 58, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After the sudden death of the chairman of a powerful criminal organization, a power vacuum erupts, leading to a brutal internal war for succession. An undercover police officer who has been embedded deep within the syndicate for eight years is ordered by his handlers to manipulate the situation to bring down the organization. His loyalties are torn as he develops genuine bonds with the crime lords he is supposed to betray.
Details
- Director
- Park Hoon-jung
- Writer
- Park Hoon-jung
- Released
- 21 February 2013
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 5 wins, 20 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (42) →
Awards & nominations
See all 25 →5 wins from 25 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 19th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2014 | Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |
| 9th Max Movie Awards 2014 | Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |
| 22nd Buil Film Awards 2013 | Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Winner |
| 22nd Buil Film Awards 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-woong | Nominee |
| 22nd Buil Film Awards 2013 | Best New Director | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2013 | Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon, Yu Eok | Nominee |
| 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2013 | Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Winner |
| 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2013 | Best Film | New World | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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34th Blue Dragon Film Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon, Yu Eok | Nominee |
| Best Director | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Film | New World | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Bae Il-hyuk | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-woong | Nominee |
50th Grand Bell Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Winner |
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung | Nominee |
| Best Director | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Bae Il-hyuk | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-woong | Nominee |
22nd Buil Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Winner |
| Best New Director | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-woong | Nominee |
46th Sitges Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Feature Film (Focus Asia Award) | New World | Winner |
55th Beaune International Thriller Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Prize (Second Place) | New World | Winner |
49th Baeksang Arts Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Park Hoon-jung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-woong | Nominee |
19th Chunsa Film Art Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |
9th Max Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min | Nominee |